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Re: [Zipit990] BASE jumper crushes legs
The youtube video description reads: "However, even though everything seemed to start smoothly, a sudden heavy wind caused him to smash towards the ground and land on his side - despite wearing a parachute."

I actually laughed out loud when I read that. To me, that looks like 100% user error. The canopy clearly achieves negative airspeed (PC over nose) indicating that this has nothing to do with wind--it's all pilot input.
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Re: [Zipit990] BASE jumper crushes legs
It was a few months ago, I thought it had already been heavily discussed on here but it might have been facebook